Improvement in gun stock and barrel attachments



D. G- THRESHER.

Muzzle-Loading Fire-Arm.

Patented May 8, 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrca DAVID C. THRESHER, OF FBEETOWN,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GUN STOCK AND BARREL ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,624, dated May 8,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID C. THRESHER, of Freetown, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful orImproved Gun Stock and Barrel Attachment; and I do hereby declare thesame to be fully described in the following specification andrepresented in the accompanying drawings, of which Figure l is alongitudinal section of a gun stock and barrel as provided with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a view of the front end of the stock. Fig. 3 is aview of the rear end; and Fig. 4 a top view of the double barrel. Fig. 5is a vertical section taken through one of the jaws of the clamp.

In carrying out my invention as applied to a double-barreled gun, thebarrels, joined together in the ordinary manner, are to be provided withtwo dovetailed tenons, a a, the said barrels being represented at B B.These tenons are to be arranged so as to project from the breech of thebarrels, and are to enter a recess or chamber, 2), made in the adjacentend of the stock A.

in the opposite sides of the chamber, the same being as shown at d d inFig. 6, which is a horizontal section of the chamber. The upper part ofeachjaw c of the clamp is also beveled, as shown in Fig. 5, in order tofit to the lower edge-of the dovetailed tenon when grasped by such jaw.

By inserting the tenons in the chamber and revolving the screw the clampmay be drawn up against the tenons, and they be forced up against thepart c of the chamber, so as to firmly hold the barrel in connectionwith the stock.

\Vith the screw applied to the clamp any desirable amount of pressure ofthe clamp on the tenons may be obtained, however much they may becomeworn while in use.

It will be evident that by varying the form of the clamp a single barrelwith a single dovetailed tenon projecting from it may be connected in asimilar way to the stock.

What I claim as my invention is- The combination and arrangement of theclamp and the lifting-screw thereof with the dovetailed tenon or'tenons,and the chamber applied to the stock, and the barrel or barrels,substantially as described.

DAVID C. THRESHER.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

